Do patients' perceptions of their counselors influence outcomes of drug treatment?
J Subst Abuse Treat
; 23(4): 327-34, 2002 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-12495794
This prospective longitudinal study examined the influence of patients' perceptions of their counselors on their lengths of stay in treatment and subsequent treatment outcomes. Patients (N = 511) were recruited from 19 substance abuse treatment programs in Los Angeles County. While in treatment, patients rated their counselors on 14 aspects (e.g., empathy, directiveness); 1 year later they were interviewed for follow-up outcomes. Multiple regression analyses were conducted using patients' ratings of their counselors to assess the impact of these ratings on treatment retention and follow-up outcomes (i.e., severity of alcohol use, drug use, and psychiatric status as measured by the Addiction Severity Index). Results revealed that patients' positive perceptions of their counselors were significantly associated with a longer length of stay in treatment for the outpatient drug free/day treatment and residential treatment subsamples. Patients' positive perceptions were also significantly associated with better psychiatric functioning at follow-up, but had a limited relationship to severity of alcohol use and no relation to severity of drug use.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Percepción Social
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Trastornos Relacionados con Sustancias
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Consejo
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Relaciones Interpersonales
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Subst Abuse Treat
Asunto de la revista:
TRANSTORNOS RELACIONADOS COM SUBSTANCIAS
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos
Pais de publicación:
Estados Unidos